Harris another spoiled athlete - Thoughts on the Article ?

[AtlPackFan]

AH is too old to force a trade. And he is not going to be a cancer.

Why is he too old to force a trade and why is he not going to be a cancer? I'm not challenging your wisdom, Oh wise Blue Dog, I'm just trying to understand.

[the_idle_threat]

Blue Dog = Miss Cleo?

[Harlan Huckleby]

idle_threat nailed it. I just know.


The fact that Harris is desperately trying to improve his salary is not surprising. He sees guys around him with better deals, and he's in the NFL end game. But he is too late, he doesn't have a couple years to dick around, like Javon Walker. And as far as being a cancer: he has a long track record as a team player, functioning as a backup in Philly when he would be a starter on most teams, for instance.

[esoxx]

Unfortunately we've set TWO bad examples in the past in giving in.

1 was Mike McKenzie. Now many of us (including me) thought we still had legit playoff talent so maybe you bit the bullet on that one and get rid of the locker room cancer.

2 was Javon Walker. Right now we don't have the talent to be serious playoff contenders. So he was the one to take the hard line with. Green Bay did not.

So Al Harris hasn't been here that long and he's witnessed the game work twice already. Sooner or later we need to stop giving in.

Completely agree with this take.

[Carolina_Packer]

Neither scenario is an easy one for the team to be in. I don't think anyone wins in the end.

1. The team gives into the demands of a player and gives him a better contract. The net effect is that there is a precedence for other players to act out in the same manner.

2. The team "punishes" the malcontent player by doing xyz, or eventually cuts him loose by trading him.

Who would want to have to deal with either scenario as management? For those who suggest strict punishment, I think you should appreciate that the team has to do what is in their best interests to do, while not giving the organization a public relations black eye when it comes to appealing to future free agents, or to players that we want to re-sign. It's not an easy position to be in, and they have to handle it carefully.